For several breaths, not a single sound could be heard anywhere on the summit. Even the wind seemed to quiet itself in his presence.
Then the mountain erupted.
"Huang Chen?!"
"That is Huang Chen?!"
"Heavens... why would someone like him come here?"
"The third rank of the Hidden Dragon Rankings has appeared at the Tea Ceremony!"
"This cannot be real!"
Many younger disciples were so shocked that their voices trembled uncontrollably. Some who had only heard legends about him now stared upward with widened eyes, afraid the figure before them might vanish if they blinked. Others instinctively lowered their heads, unwilling to meet his gaze even from a distance.
The name Huang Chen carried terrifying weight.
Among the countless geniuses of the Southern Martial Domain, the Hidden Dragon Rankings were already viewed as the true measure of the younger generation.
